We returned to the canyons nearest the parking area at the southern access to the Bisti Wilderness for sunset photos, after having spent the morning there and coming to the conclusion that the light might be better in the canyons late in the day.
Climbing up onto the rocks near the origin of one canyon, I got this view into the canyon. There is good light on the east wall of the canyon at sunset, contrasting with the shadows on the west wall and the dark bottom of the canyon.
Another problem with shooting in this area is the human infrastructure that is difficult to exclude. It is visible on the horizon in at least the first two shots here.
From another vantage point, I got the shot above as my son was walking towards me in the canyon, after he shot in another branch of the canyons. He is in the shadows near the upper center and one may have to look closely or zoom in to clearly make him out.
Backing up and turning to the east, I got this shot of the canyon at sunset.
There are human infrastructure elements visible on the horizon from here, which we tried to avoid putting in our images; but there might still be some visible, if one zooms in on the horizon.
The photo above is not really good, in my opinion, but it serves a purpose. My son and I like to name areas where we photograph based upon some distinctive feature or pertinent descriptive term. Such named features make it easy for us to find those areas again and to know where our photos were taken. For the canyon above, we noted the nipple like feature on top of a hill and decided this should be called “Nipple Canyon”. (Discerning viewers might note that the link embedded in this photo leads to a slightly different version that I accidentally posted on Flickr, intending to post this one).
Until next time,
Ken